Randahl FinkFeb 12, 2025

44 million Ukrainians have been attacked by a ruthless dictator. European countries have invested 125 billion euro in defeating Russia. But forget all that, because a Fox News host says that defending democracy is not realistic, and this whole war thing is too expensive anyway.

It is time for the democratic countries to decouple from the failed US leadership and take the lead.

Russia must be defeated.

Show threadCyberspiceFeb 12, 2025
@randahl @cstross So lets just kick the USA out of NATO.
Show threadCharlie StrossFeb 12, 2025
@cyberspice @randahl Do that, and the Trumpenführer *will* sign a treaty of alliance with Putin as soon as he can. Meanwhile, if Russia attacks Europe while the USA is in NATO, the USA is at least in theory dragged into a war with Russia. Which if nothing else must be a slight deterrent to Putin. (Trump might repudiate NATO if that happens … but if so, he's just torched EVERY international treaty and alliance. And that would not be good for the USA, so hopefully his own party would stop him.)
Show threadCharlie StrossFeb 12, 2025
@cyberspice @randahl I know hoping for the Republicans to put a brake on Trump is a forlorn hope, BUT maybe if what's at stake was their own lives in a nuclear war …?
Show threadLazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Feb 12, 2025
@cstross @cyberspice @randahl they want their Rapture, they are not rational actors. 😞
Show threadAtomic Orbitals
@Lazarou @cstross @cyberspice @randahl They imagine themselves as the righteous saved in Revelations, watching the unrighteous burn. Scary, scary people.
Feb 13, 2025 at 6:46amWeb